Shenmue: The Animation, a Shenmue animation co-produced by Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, has been cancelled.Season 2 was reportedly already underway before its cancellation, with news coming Wednesday. twitter By Jason DeMarco, Senior Vice President of Action and Anime Programming at Warner Discovery.
The animated adaptation of Sega’s cult classic game was first announced in September 2020 and aired in February this year. Season 1 has already been removed from Adult Swim and other streaming sites, but is still available on Crunchyroll as of this writing. It’s speculated that the show inadvertently got the ax as part of Warner Discovery’s wider wipeout of its assets after its merger with Warner Discovery earlier this year. can read.
very sorry. This happened. All anime is still available to watch on Crunchyroll and is still available as a digital download. Yes, it doesn’t look like his S2 in Shenmue, sadly. somedayā¦ https://t.co/WpM3O6NcSC
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Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki was able to continue the series despite long waits for its release thanks to a devoted fan base, but earlier this year he confirmed that the fourth installment of the series will be concrete. He said he had no plans. But we want to make Shenmue 4 accessible and accessible to players new to the franchise. While it’s possible the game tells a story completely disconnected from the events of its predecessor, Shenmue 3 itself ends on a cliffhanger.
In GameSpot’s review of Shenmue 3, Heidi Kemps wrote: But that doesn’t mean it’s always fun to play. “
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